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Exploring Geology, 5e (Reynolds)

Chapter 3   Plate Tectonics

 

1) Which of the following features is present on the seafloor off the Pacific Northwest?

 

 

 

1.   A) World’s largest oceanic plateau

2.   B) Long, fairly straight fracture zone

3.   C) World’s largest linear island chain

4.   D) Island arc within oceanic plates

 

Answer:  B

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2) On this map of the south Atlantic, what is the feature that makes a zigzag pattern on the seafloor?

 

 

 

 

1.   A) Island arc

2.   B) Linear island chain

3.   C) Subduction zone

4.   D) Mid-ocean ridge

5.   E) None of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  D

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3) Why does the Tibetan Plateau, shown in this figure, have a high elevation?

 

 

 

1.   A) Transform faulting

2.   B) Sea floor spreading

3.   C) Continental rifting

4.   D) Continental collision

5.   E) Hot-spot activity

 

Answer:  D

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4) On this map of the south Atlantic, why is the mid-ocean ridge in the center of the ocean?

 

 

 

1.   A) Subduction is consuming sea floor beneath both adjacent continents

2.   B) Sea floor is added to both sides during seafloor spreading

3.   C) Subduction has occurred under one and then another of the adjacent continents

4.   D) Sea floor spreading has stopped in this area

 

Answer:  B

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5) On this southern continent, which side has a plate boundary?

 

 

 

1.   A) The left (west) side

2.   B) The right (east) side

3.   C) Both sides

4.   D) Neither side

 

Answer:  A

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6) In this figure of Japan, what do the offshore trenches indicate?

 

 

 

1.   A) Continental rifting

2.   B) A rift in a mid-ocean ridge formed by sea floor spreading

3.   C) A rift in a mid-ocean ridge formed by transform faulting

4.   D) Subduction of oceanic crust

 

Answer:  D

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7) How did the Red Sea, shown between Arabia and Africa in this figure, form?

 

 

 

1.   A) Subduction of Arabia beneath Africa

2.   B) Subduction of Africa beneath Arabia

3.   C) A continental collision

4.   D) Continental rifting followed by sea floor spreading

5.   E) Transform faulting followed by a continental collision

 

Answer:  D

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8) Which of the following features is associated with a deep oceanic trench?

1.   A) Mid-ocean ridge

2.   B) Linear island chain

3.   C) Seamount

4.   D) Island arc

 

Answer:  D

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9) The study of the origin and arrangement of the broad structural features of Earth’s surface is

1.   A) tectonics.

2.   B) geology.

3.   C) structuralism.

 

Answer:  A

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10) Tectonics is the study of

1.   A) the origin and arrangement of the broad structural features of Earth’s surface.

2.   B) the type and timing of volcanic eruptions around the Earth.

3.   C) the materials and processes that occur at the Earth’s surface.

 

Answer:  A

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11) Broad, symmetrical ridges that cross ocean basins are called

1.   A) mid-ocean ridges.

2.   B) abyssal plains.

3.   C) seamounts.

4.   D) island chains.

 

Answer:  A

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12) Cracks and steps that cross the sea floor and run at right angles to mid-ocean ridges are called

1.   A) oceanic fracture zones.

2.   B) abyssal plains.

3.   C) seamounts.

 

Answer:  A

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13) On this map, identify which letter is over a mid-ocean ridge.

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) The feature is not labeled.

 

Answer:  B

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14) On this map, identify which letter is over the Atlantic Ocean.

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) The feature is not labeled.

 

Answer:  B

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15) On this map, identify which letter is over the Pacific Ocean.

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) The feature is not labeled.

 

Answer:  A

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16) On this map, identify which letter is over an island arc.

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) The feature is not labeled.

 

Answer:  E

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17) The regions of the ocean characterized by smooth ocean floor are called

1.   A) abyssal plains.

2.   B) seamounts.

3.   C) ocean bottoms.

 

Answer:  A

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18) Some continents continue outward from the shoreline under shallow seawater, forming submerged benches called

1.   A) continental shelves.

2.   B) sea mounts.

3.   C) island arcs.

4.   D) island chains.

5.   E) abyssal plains.

 

Answer:  A

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19) Curving island chains across the sea floor that are mainly volcanic in origin are called

1.   A) island arcs.

2.   B) sea mounts.

3.   C) continental shelves.

4.   D) abyssal plains.

 

Answer:  A

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20) The main reason why the hypothesis of continental drift was not widely accepted was

1.   A) the hypothesis required that the entire Earth was once frozen.

2.   B) the hypothesis required long, narrow land bridges that did not exist.

3.   C) there was no mechanism to move continents through the oceanic crust.

4.   D) All of these were reasons the hypothesis was not widely accepted.

 

Answer:  C

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21) What idea brought a renewed interest to the idea of continental drift?

1.   A) Data that a submarine mountain occurred beneath the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

2.   B) Evidence that the entire Earth was once frozen

3.   C) Evidence that similar meteorites fall on different continents

4.   D) Evidence that a large meteorite caused extinction of the dinosaurs

 

Answer:  A

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22) Which data was used to develop the hypothesis of continental drift?

1.   A) The shape of the continents

2.   B) The distribution of fossils

3.   C) The distribution of glacial deposits and directions of glacial scratch marks

4.   D) All of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  D

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23) The puzzle-like fit of the continents, similarity of rock types across continents, and glacial evidence all were pieces of evidence supporting Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift. What was another piece of supporting evidence?

1.   A) Distribution of similar fossils across multiple continents

2.   B) Land bridges were discovered connecting Africa and South America

3.   C) Continents were found to have plowed through ocean basins to move into current positions

4.   D) Gravitational pull of the Moon was found to be responsible for connecting Pangaea

 

Answer:  A

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24) Harry Hess and Robert Dietz proposed that the oceanic crust in the Atlantic Ocean was spreading apart at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and that this process moved the continents apart from one another. They called this process

1.   A) sea floor spreading.

2.   B) continental drift.

3.   C) plate tectonics.

4.   D) Gondwana.

 

Answer:  A

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25) The image shows the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a submarine volcanic mountain belt that is a key location in the process of

 

 

 

1.   A) sea floor spreading.

2.   B) land bridges.

3.   C) continental drift.

4.   D) South Atlantic drift.

 

Answer:  A

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26) Which area on this world map is likely to have volcanoes above sea level?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

 

Answer:  A

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27) Which areas on this world map are likely to be near a plate boundary?

 

 

 

1.   A) A and B

2.   B) A and D

3.   C) B and D

4.   D) C and D

5.   E) A, B, and C

 

Answer:  E

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28) Which of the following statements is true?

1.   A) Earthquakes are more widespread than volcanoes or high mountains.

2.   B) High mountains are more widespread than volcanoes or earthquakes.

3.   C) Volcanoes are more widespread than earthquakes or high mountains.

 

Answer:  A

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29) Which area(s) on this world map is(are) likely to have earthquakes?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) A, B, and C

 

Answer:  E

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30) Volcanoes and earthquakes

1.   A) have many areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

2.   B) have few areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

3.   C) have no areas of overlap in their distributions on Earth.

 

Answer:  A

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31) This figure depicts what type of boundary?

 

 

 

1.   A) Oceanic divergent boundary

2.   B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

3.   C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

4.   D) Transform boundary

5.   E) Continental collision

 

Answer:  C

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32) A divergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

1.   A) oceanic trench.

2.   B) mountain belt or island arc.

3.   C) mid-ocean ridge.

4.   D) None of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  C

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33) An oceanic transform plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

1.   A) oceanic trench.

2.   B) mountain belt or island arc.

3.   C) mid-ocean ridge.

4.   D) All of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  C

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34) A convergent plate boundary is most likely associated with a(n)

1.   A) oceanic trench.

2.   B) linear chain of island.

3.   C) mid-ocean ridge.

4.   D) transform fault.

5.   E) None of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  A

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35) What types of plate boundaries are shown in this figure?

 

1.   A) Divergent

2.   B) Convergent

3.   C) Transform

4.   D) Divergent and transform

5.   E) Convergent and divergent

 

Answer:  D

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36) What type of plate boundary is depicted by the smaller arrows in the center of this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Divergent boundary

2.   B) Convergent boundary

3.   C) Transform boundary

4.   D) Hot spot

5.   E) None of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  C

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37) Intense geologic activity occurs at plate

1.   A) boundaries.

2.   B) centers.

3.   C) bottoms.

 

Answer:  A

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38) Using the diagram of figures, select the names of the plate boundaries that match the figures going left to right.

 

 

1.   A) Divergent / convergent / transform

2.   B) Convergent / divergent / transform

3.   C) Divergent / transform / convergent

4.   D) Convergent / transform / divergent

5.   E) Transform / divergent / convergent

6.   F) Transform / convergent / divergent

 

Answer:  A

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39) At mid-ocean ridges, as two plates diverge

1.   A) solid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface and begins to melt due to decompression.

2.   B) solid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface and begins to melt due to the addition of heat.

3.   C) liquid mantle in the asthenosphere rises toward the surface.

 

Answer:  A

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40) As two oceanic plates diverge at mid-ocean ridges, melting of the rising mantle occurs due to

1.   A) decompression.

2.   B) the addition of heat.

3.   C) the addition of water.

 

Answer:  A

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41) What type of plate boundary is depicted in this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Continental rift

2.   B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

3.   C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

4.   D) Divergent and transform boundaries

5.   E) Continental collision

 

Answer:  A

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42) What type of plate boundary is depicted in this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Oceanic divergent boundary

2.   B) Ocean-ocean convergent boundary

3.   C) Ocean-continent convergent boundary

4.   D) Continental collision boundary

5.   E) Transform boundary

 

Answer:  A

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43) Which way are the plates moving in this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Away from each other

2.   B) Directly toward each other

3.   C) Toward each other at an angle

4.   D) Horizontally sliding by one another

5.   E) There is no way to tell

 

Answer:  A

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44) What is being depicted by this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Continental collision

2.   B) Continent-continent convergence

3.   C) Early stages of sea floor spreading

4.   D) Early stages of subduction

5.   E) A boundary that is mostly a transform fault

 

Answer:  C

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45) Mid-ocean ridges form where two ocean plates

1.   A) collide.

2.   B) diverge.

3.   C) subduct.

4.   D) slide past each other.

5.   E) are destroyed.

 

Answer:  B

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46) What occurs at mid-ocean ridges?

1.   A) Oceanic crust is destroyed

2.   B) Continental crust is destroyed

3.   C) Oceanic crust is created

4.   D) Continental crust is created

5.   E) All crust is destroyed by magma

 

Answer:  C

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47) Mid-ocean ridges are higher than surrounding oceanic crust primarily because

1.   A) two plates are colliding.

2.   B) the crust is thicker.

3.   C) the crust is stronger.

4.   D) transform faulting uplifts the rocks.

5.   E) the lithosphere is thinner and hotter.

 

Answer:  E

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48) The main way new oceanic crust is created is by

1.   A) eruption of lavas and solidification of magmas at depth.

2.   B) sediment scraped off a subducting slab.

3.   C) continents that subside below sea level.

4.   D) continental rifting, before the continents separate.

5.   E) magmas along an ocean-continent convergent boundary.

 

Answer:  A

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49) The stages associated with continental rifting are, in order from earliest to latest,

1.   A) narrow ocean basin, continental rift, uplift, and wide ocean basin.

2.   B) narrow ocean basin, wide ocean basin, continental rift, and uplift.

3.   C) uplift, wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, and continental rift.

4.   D) wide ocean basin, narrow ocean basin, uplift, and continental rift.

5.   E) uplift, continental rift, narrow ocean basin, and wide ocean basin.

 

Answer:  E

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50) Which of the following best represents the sequence by which a continent splits apart?

1.   A) Sea floor spreading, then continental rifting, then uplift due to mantle upwelling

2.   B) Continental rifting, then sea floor spreading, then uplift due to mantle upwelling

3.   C) Uplift due to mantle upwelling, then continental rifting, then sea floor spreading

4.   D) None of these choices are correct.

 

Answer:  C

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51) Which of the following contains a modern continental rift?

1.   A) Eastern North America

2.   B) Eastern Africa

3.   C) Eastern Europe

4.   D) Eastern Pacific Ocean

5.   E) East Timor

 

Answer:  B

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52) Which of the following is associated with a mid-ocean ridge?

1.   A) An island arc

2.   B) Magma produced as the mantle rise up

3.   C) Melting of the subducting plate

4.   D) Lower topography than surrounding sea floor

5.   E) Continental rift

 

Answer:  B

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53) Which of the following is NOT happening in the area shown by this figure?

 

 

1.   A) Plates are moving apart

2.   B) Eruptions onto the sea floor

3.   C) Release of water by a descending plate

4.   D) Melting of rising mantle

5.   E) Faulting

 

Answer:  C

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54) Mid-ocean ridges are elevated above the sea floor. The elevation of the sea floor

1.   A) decreases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the cooling and contraction of the rocks.

2.   B) increases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the expansion of the rocks.

3.   C) decreases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the expansion of the rocks.

4.   D) increases away from the mid-ocean ridge because of the cooling and contraction of the rocks.

 

Answer:  A

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55) Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mid-ocean divergent boundary?

1.   A) As the plates move apart, solid lithosphere moves upward into the asthenosphere.

2.   B) Submarine lava flows form new ocean crust.

3.   C) Mid-ocean ridges are elevated above the surrounding seafloor.

4.   D) A rift runs along the axis of mid-ocean ridges because of movement as the plates diverge from each other.

 

Answer:  A

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56) Which of the following does NOT describe continental rifting?

1.   A) If rifting continues the continent will remain intact

2.   B) Occurs on a continent

3.   C) Includes a broad uplift of the land surface as magma ascends

 

Answer:  A

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57) A divergent boundary can form within a continent. If it does it is called a

 

 

1.   A) continental rift.

2.   B) plate tectonics.

3.   C) mid-continent ridge.

4.   D) continental edge.

5.   E) continental shelf.

 

Answer:  A

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58) An accretionary prism of sediments and oceanic crust is formed

1.   A) near an oceanic trench created by the subduction of one oceanic plate beneath another plate.

2.   B) in the asthenosphere as the subduction of one oceanic plate enters the asthenosphere.

3.   C) on top of the oceanic plate that is not being subducted.

 

Answer:  A

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59) Which feature on this figure is formed by bending of the subducted plate?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) E

 

Answer:  B

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60) The plate boundary on this figure is located between

 

 

 

1.   A) A and B.

2.   B) B and C.

3.   C) C and D.

4.   D) D and E.

5.   E) There is not enough information to tell.

 

Answer:  B

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61) A continent has an oceanic trench offshore of its coast. Which of the following is probably NOT present along this side of the continent?

1.   A) A mountain belt

2.   B) Earthquakes

3.   C) Volcanoes

4.   D) Melting along a mid-ocean ridge

5.   E) Subduction of an oceanic plate

 

Answer:  D

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62) Which feature on this figure is formed by melting of mantle above the slab?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) E

 

Answer:  D

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63) On this figure of a continental collision, which continent would have had subduction-related magmatism before the collision?

 

 

 

1.   A) The continent on the left

2.   B) The continent on the right

3.   C) Both continents

4.   D) Neither continent

 

Answer:  B

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64) How is magma created in a subduction zone?

1.   A) Friction between the two plates causes the lithosphere to melt.

2.   B) Subduction brings one plate to a depth hot enough for minerals in the plate to melt.

3.   C) Subduction brings one plate to a depth hot enough for minerals to release water; this water causes melting in the overlying asthenosphere.

 

Answer:  C

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65) When two oceanic plates converge, some magma erupts under the ocean, forming volcanoes that may rise above the sea. These volcanoes can form a curved

1.   A) island arc.

2.   B) line of calderas.

3.   C) sequence of magma chambers.

4.   D) reef.

 

Answer:  A

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66) Convergence of two ocean plates forms an ocean-ocean

1.   A) convergent boundary.

2.   B) divergent boundary.

3.   C) transform boundary.

 

Answer:  A

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67) The process of one plate sliding beneath another plate is called

1.   A) subduction.

2.   B) conduction.

3.   C) transformation.

4.   D) convergence.

5.   E) divergence.

 

Answer:  A

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68) The Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by

1.   A) a string of volcanoes.

2.   B) earthquakes.

3.   C) island arcs.

4.   D) a string of seamounts.

 

Answer:  A

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69) The convergence of two continental masses is known as a

 

 

 

1.   A) continental collision.

2.   B) subduction.

3.   C) conduction.

4.   D) divergent collision.

 

Answer:  A

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70) Enormous mountain belts and high plateaus can be formed when two continental plates collide and

 

 

 

1.   A) neither is subducted.

2.   B) both diverge from one another.

3.   C) both are subducted beneath each other.

 

Answer:  A

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71) The Tibetan and Himalaya Plateaus are the result of

 

 

 

1.   A) two continental plates colliding and forming mountain ranges.

2.   B) two continental plates diverging from each other.

3.   C) two continental plates being subducted beneath each other.

 

Answer:  A

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72) The majority of transform boundaries are found

1.   A) in the middle of continents.

2.   B) along continental margins.

3.   C) in conjunction with mid-ocean ridges.

4.   D) within island arcs.

 

Answer:  C

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73) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on a transform fault?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) E

 

Answer:  B

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74) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on an oceanic fracture zone?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

5.   E) E

 

Answer:  D

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75) On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 3?

 

 

 

1.   A) Transform fault

2.   B) Mid-ocean ridge

3.   C) Linear island chain

4.   D) Fracture zone

 

Answer:  B

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76) On the accompanying figure, what type of feature is located in the area of number 4?

 

 

 

1.   A) Transform fault

2.   B) Mid-ocean ridge

3.   C) Linear island chain

4.   D) Fracture zone

 

Answer:  D

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77) On this map of the South Atlantic, which letter is on a site of sea floor spreading?

 

 

 

1.   A) A

2.   B) B

3.   C) C

4.   D) D

 

Answer:  C

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